In late May 2025, numerous Snopes readers asked about the accuracy of reports that Pope Leo XIV would participate in a June ...

The Catholic leaders of Leo’s hometown hold out hope that the new pope can help turn around ailing finances and a shortage of ...

Tickets for the celebration of the first American pope, who grew up as Robert Prevost in the south suburbs, will cost $5.

Tickets go on sale on Friday for the Rate Field celebration where Pope Leo XIV will greet Chicago for the first time.

Pope Leo XIV spent several hours May 29 visiting the Borgo Laudato Si’ ecology project set up at the papal villa and farm in ...

Tickets for a celebration honoring Pope Leo XIV at Chicago’s Rate Field next month will go on sale soon. According to the Archdiocese of Chicago, those tickets will go on sale Friday morning through ...

Pope Leo IV has been invited to throw the first pitch at a White Sox game whenever he wants to, according to a White Sox executive.

The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...

Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires, he has been universally celebrated as being an American from Chicago.

Those attending the June 14 celebration honoring Pope Leo XIV at Rate Field in Chicago will hear directly from the new ...

Rate Field, home of the Sox, is hosting an event in honor of the new pope, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced Tuesday.

The "once-in-a-lifetime celebration" will include music, film, in-person testimonials and prayer, the Archdiocese of Chicago said. A Catholic Mass will be celebrated after the program.